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Baltimore, U.S. Justice Department reach accord on police reform
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Wed Jan 11, 2017 | 3:30pm EST
Baltimore, U.S. Justice Department reach accord on police reform
By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON
The U.S. Justice Department and Baltimore officials have reached a deal for sweeping reforms to the majority-black city's police department after a federal review found officers routinely violated residents' civil rights, officials said on Wednesday.
Baltimore, which was torn by rioting in 2015 over the death of a black man in police custody, and the Justice Department had been in talks for months over reforms to the 2,600-officer department that would be overseen by an independent monitor.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Mayor Catherine Pugh will hold a news conference in Baltimore on Thursday about the decree, Pugh's office said, without giving details.
The 2015 death of Freddie Gray was one of a series of incidents in U.S. cities from Ferguson, Missouri, to North Charleston, South Carolina, since 2014 that raised questions about racial discrimination by U.S. law enforcement and fueled the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Baltimore, U.S. Justice Department reach accord on police reform
By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON
The U.S. Justice Department and Baltimore officials have reached a deal for sweeping reforms to the majority-black city's police department after a federal review found officers routinely violated residents' civil rights, officials said on Wednesday.
Baltimore, which was torn by rioting in 2015 over the death of a black man in police custody, and the Justice Department had been in talks for months over reforms to the 2,600-officer department that would be overseen by an independent monitor.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Mayor Catherine Pugh will hold a news conference in Baltimore on Thursday about the decree, Pugh's office said, without giving details.
The 2015 death of Freddie Gray was one of a series of incidents in U.S. cities from Ferguson, Missouri, to North Charleston, South Carolina, since 2014 that raised questions about racial discrimination by U.S. law enforcement and fueled the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-baltimore-police-idUSKBN14V2J6